{
  "id": 15290053,
  "title": "Rain98 is a blue-hued, pre-Y2K, Serial Experiments Lain inspired visual novel about time travelling to the past to end the world",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/rain98-is-a-blue-hued-pre-y2k-serial-experiments-lain-inspired-visual",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-17T21:50:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rain98-is-a-blue-hued-pre-y2k-serial-experiments-lain-inspired-visual-novel-about-time-travelling-to-the-past-to-end-the-world"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Picture this. You're me, and you boot up the demo for Rain98, an incredibly blue-looking, rainy visual novel set in Tokyo, 1998, about a woman who refers to herself as the Angolmois, a world-ending reference to the predictions of good ole Nostradamus. At one point you have to light this woman's cigarette in a lightly stylish sequence. You get to a bit where you're asked to put your name in, and…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}